Persian Sufi Poetry

sawal - ki shud bar sirr-e-wahdat waqif aaKHir

kase bar sirr-e-vahdat gasht vaaqif
ki uu vaaqif na-shud andar mu.aafiq

Mahmud Shabistari

Rubai

ai vaaqif-e-asraar-e-zamiir-e-hama-kas
dar haalat-e-ijz dastgiir-e-hama-kas

Omar Khayyam

Ghazal

na bahak sakaa vo vaaqif jo hai terii rahguzar se
na sambhal sakaa kabhii vo jo giraa tirii nazar se

Jauhar Khan Warsi

Persian Kalam

diivaana-e-husn-e-vayam haazaa junuun-ul-aashiqiin
mast az sharaab-e-hairatam haazaa junuun-ul-aashiqiin

Auhadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai ba-ain-e-haqiqat andar ain

ai ba-ain-e-haqiiqat andar ain
baaz karda ze-bahr-e-diidan ain

Hakeem Sanayee

Did You Know

Hazrat Sultan Bahu wrote in his Ain-ul-Faqr that he thanked his mother for having giving him the name Bahu, which by the alternation of one Nukta or point becomes Ya Hu

Ghazal

vaaqif-e-sirr-e-nihaa.n huu.n kyaa kahuu.n
mai.n to guu.nge kii zabaa.n huu.n kyaa kahuu.n

Hasrat Azimabadi

Persian Kalam

aa.n che ba-numaa.ii hamaa.n ain-ul-yaqiin
aa.n che farmaa.ii hamaa.n qur.aan-e-man

Azeez Safipuri

Persian Kalam

ai aa.n ki jamaal-e-tust dar ain-o-a.ayaan-e-man
baa man ba-suKHan aa.ii daanam ba-zabaan-e-man

Ibn-e-Yameen

Ghazal

mus.haf-e-ruKH nuur-fshaanii se baizaavii hu.aa
ho ga.e kyaa muttahid tafsiir-o-qur.aa.n in dino.n

Ibraheem 'Ajiz'

Persian Sufi Poetry

KHez ai dil zin bar afgan markab-e-tahwil ra

KHez ai dil zii.n bar afgan markab-e-tahviil raa
vaqf kun bar naa-kasaa.n aa.n a.alam-e-ta.atiil raa

Hakeem Sanayee

Sufi-Terminology

Beauty (busn) and perfection (Jamaal).
In His ‘Mind’, God created the physical universe out of the Noor, He also created the spiritual world from that Noor, as the sketch in the architect’s mind; until that Noor appeared in the form of the last brick, which completes the construction of the building. When this Noor appeared in its physical form, it was like that last brick which mixes with other bricks to complete the construction of a building Says God: (to Muhammad)

Persian Sufi Poetry

ishaarat - but tarsa bachcha nuri-ast zahir

alii-ul-jumla ruKH-e-aa.n-aalam-aaraa.e
maraa baa-man namuud andar saraapaa.e

Mahmud Shabistari

Rubai

iin jumla-e-nuur balki nuur hama nuur
az nuur-e-mohammad rasuulallaah ast

Maulana Rumi

Persian Sufi Poetry

amir-ul-momenin siddiq-e-akbar

ra.iis-ul-aasheqiin siddiiq-e-akbar
aniis-ul-aarifiin siddiiq-e-akbar

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelwi

Ghazal

ziist kahte hai.n jise maut hai apnii ai 'nuur'
maut kahte hai.n jise vo miraa jiinaa hogaa

Noor Bihari

Rubai

ain bazm-e-havas raa man-o-man bisyaar ast
juz shikva-o-shukr naGm-haa bisyaar ast

Bedil Azeemabadi

Rubai

ain aatish-e-ishq mii-pazaanad maa raa
har shab ba-KHaraabaat kashaanad maa raa

Maulana Rumi

Persian Kalam

Waqif Lahauri

Rubai

faroG-e-nuur na vo iltihaab-e-naar rahaa
jamaal-e-hosh-rubaa-e-kaliim-e-zaar rahaa

Nisar Akbarabadi